Like most other things, plants and gardens follow fashion. Once tastefully muted colours were the thing for a flower border, but it’s all changed and after decades of being grown mostly by men for competitions, the showy, brightly coloured flowers of dahlias are everywhere, which is why the The Dahlia Society annual show marquee at […]

It wasn’t that long ago that dahlias were thought of as old fashioned and mostly grown on allotments, but that’s all changed and now they’re uber trendy. Quite right too I say, here’s a few good reasons to grow them. After that initial investment of buying the plants, they soldier on year after year with a minimal […]